http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp Just another Walker Blogs weblog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:28:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post is the first in an on-going series, in which guest artist-instructors involved with our various Raising Creative Kids programs reflect upon their teaching experience. [tylr-slidr userID="" groupID=""]http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkerart/sets/72157622699653777/[/tylr-slidr] Last Saturday (Nov. 14th) I had the pleasure of working with the Walker to develop and teach MyNet: Google SketchUp, a course designed ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/11/19/reflections-on-my-net-google-sketchup/ [caption id="attachment_2582" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Dan Graham, New Space for Showing Videos, 1995"][/caption] 7-yr-old O. and I had an unexpected day off on Wednesday, and we checked out the Dan Graham show. It was SO MUCH FUN. He loved the models (especially the high-rise building with the tiny movie theather) and exploring ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/11/13/take-a-kid-to-graham/ [caption id="attachment_2578" align="alignnone" width="366" caption="Painting of a pony from the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles"][/caption] Recently, I've run into several parents of young kids who haven't taken their kids to museums or galleries -- or if they do, take them only to the kids' play rooms at the institutions. My ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/11/10/art-now-with-ponies/ [caption id="attachment_2570" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rock the Garden 2009: How many music fans fit in the Walker's back yard?"][/caption] Got a head for figures? Or a thing for facts about the Walker? Test yourself with this contest: Match up items 1-13 below with the appropriate numbers that follow. The first three readers to ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/11/10/walker-by-the-numbers-a-blog-readers-contest/ [caption id="attachment_2510" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Dan Graham, New Space for Showing Videos 1995  T.B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2002"][/caption] Mirror, Mirror Art project Hello, I’m Alanna, the new Family Programs intern, assisting with Free First Saturday. I’ll be posting periodically on events relating to Raising Creative Kids, as seen from my ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/10/27/the-making-of-the-november-free-first-saturday-art-activity/ “Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.” -William S. Burroughs This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of William S. Burroughs’ first reading at the Walker Art Center, on October 24, 1979. The Walker would subsequently bring Burroughs ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/10/23/30-years-ago-william-burroughs-at-the-walker/ I adore the book Where the Wild Things Are! I'm also a big fan of the film's blog We Love You So and their amazing contests including fort building. We were so inspired that we've created a contest of our own using the website ArtsConnectEd. We gathered works from the ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/10/16/wild-things-on-artsconnected-org/ I happened upon filmmaker Astra Taylor and her documentary Examined Life at the Women with Vision festival last spring and found myself a huge fan of the film, and I became intrigued by her bio, particularly the fact that she was unschooled until age 13. From what I know about ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/10/14/astra-taylor-on-the-unschooled-life/ American ceramist Kathy Butterly earned a BFA at Moore College of Art in 1986 and an MFA at the University of California, Davis in 1990. Her awards include the Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Grant in 1993, an Empire State Crafts Alliance Grant in 1995, an NYFA Grant in 1999 and the ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/10/08/interview-with-american-ceramist-kathy-butterly/ It was a chilly winter morning when my coworker, Ashley, and I were dreaming of the warm summer ahead and the fun activities to do in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. We were both excited by the idea of programming a day inspired by the sculpture Prometheus Strangling the Vulture II, ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2009/09/17/a-heroic-free-first-saturday/